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Timber structure for the Carmenna restaurant

Arosa, CH

Full view of the shepherd’s dwelling and restaurant spaces in timber construction

New self-service restaurant and shepherd’s dwelling

On the Carmenna alpine pass, there was a need for staff living quarters as well as infrastructure areas for the self-service restaurant. We were awarded the contract to create the extension.

The standalone building houses living quarters for staff and infrastructure areas for the self-service restaurant and blends in sensitively with the existing Carmennahütte building and the surrounding landscape.

Built on a concrete base, the new building consists of a one-storey section for the restaurant and a two-storey section for the dwelling. The plant rooms and various storage facilities are also located there on the ground floor. The new building is constructed throughout as a prefabricated structure in cross-laminated timber. This high degree of prefabrication offered the considerable advantage of limiting the time needed for construction at 2,000 m above sea level.

The surfaces of the cross-laminated timber panels were left exposed on the walls, ceilings and roof, giving the new building a homely yet modern appearance. To use the self-service area as a hall, it can easily be separated from the self-service counter with shutters.

Portrait Markus Rutz Division Manager Timber Construction Excellence Blumer Lehmann

Markus Rutz

Division Manager Timber and Modular Construction | CH
Member of the Executive Board

+41 71 388 58 40
markus.rutz@blumer-lehmann.com
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Project details

Client:
Stadt Chur
Architecture:
Studio O
Project type:
Hotels and restaurants, Residential construction single-familiy home
Construction type:
Wood element construction
Services:
Timber construction
Own products:
Fassaden, Bodenriemen
Construction:
2021
Locality:
Arosa
Country:
Switzerland
Interior view of the self-service restaurant<br/><br/>

Dining area of the self-service restaurant constructed in solid timber.

Stairwell and hallway, all in timber

The two-storey section of the new building houses living quarters for staff working there.

Bright restaurant space with interior finishing in timber

The self-service restaurant in the new timber building on the Carmenna alpine pass.

Detailed view of the timber facade with two doors

Good heat retention is achieved through high-quality thermal insulation in the rear-ventilated timber facade

Detailed view of the new building on the Carmenna alpine pass

Larger or smaller windows are fitted in the timber facade depending on the room and its use.

Building section of the new timber structure on the Carmenna alpine pass

The new timber building with self-service restaurant blends in well with the landscape.

Functional living space with timber interior finishing

The shepherd’s dwelling consists of two rooms, a living space and a kitchen with dining area.